Giovanni Lauricella: Insights on Recessions, Hiring, Medtech, Stoicism, & Wine – 150

January 14, 2023

Giovanni Lauricella is Co-Founder of Lifeblood Capital. He has a Bachelor’s in Finance, a Master’s in Regulatory Affairs in Medical Devices, a Harvard University Certificate for Negotiation Strategy, and a Università Bocconi Certificate for Private Equity and Venture Capital. Giovanni has travelled to 40+ countries and has assisted 500+ startups with team building and fundraising strategies leading to $3+ billion in acquisitions.



Giovanni links

https://www.linkedin.com/in/giovannilauricella/
https://lifebloodcapital.com/
https://lifebloodcapital.com/podcast/

PODCAST INFO:

The Learning With Lowell show is a series for the everyday mammal. In this show we’ll learn about leadership, science, and people building their change into the world. The goal is to dig deeply into people who most of us wouldn’t normally ever get to hear. The Host of the show – Lowell Thompson- is a lifelong autodidact, serial problem solver, and founder of startups.

LINKS

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzri06unR-lMXbl6sqWP_-Q

Youtube clips: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-B5x371AzTGgK-_q3U_KfA

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lowell-thompson-2227b074

Twitter: https://twitter.com/LWThompson5

Website: https://www.learningwithlowell.com/

Podcast email: lowell@learningwithlowell.com

00:00 Intro

00:50 Recessions, layoffs, medtech

02:40 Why medtech insulated from recessions

09:30 Hiring, jumping jobs, average years for places he works for

15:30 How to get people working asap and why 3 months

19:30 How he fits into hiring process for companies

28:00 Hiring horrors, determining who knows there stuff and who doesn’t
32:40 Qualifying BS 

36:00 Percentage of people who stay through his service

44:30 Litmus test for firing

50:30 People who leave early, and how that reflects on the business as well

53:20 Meditations and how stoicism impacts his life

1:00:53 Current books he’s reading

1:05:10 Happiness and what it means to him
1:06:30 Advice for young people

1:08:15 Problem Giovanni Lauricella is having that he could use help on

1:12:10 Wine

1:13:50 Wine recommendation and a story

1:17:05 Where can people go to stay up to date with Giovanni Lauricella

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